From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jun 12 17:21: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net (smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net [207.172.4.62]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4514F37BB0F for ; Mon, 12 Jun 2000 17:20:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from goldtech@worldpost.com) Received: from 209-122-227-190.s190.tnt2.nyw.ny.dialup.rcn.com ([209.122.227.190] helo=beefstew) by smtp03.mrf.mail.rcn.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #3) id 131eRp-0001SB-00 for questions@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 12 Jun 2000 20:20:54 -0400 Message-ID: <000d01bfd4cd$5af6ef60$bee37ad1@beefstew> From: "leegold" To: Subject: getting connected Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 20:21:43 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG having a problem w/ppp. as root I, went into ppp.conf and changed USERNAME, PASSWORD, PHONE_NUM to the values for my isp. then i did a ppp, dial papchap. i did no other configuration. i then as "lee" ( not as root ) i started X (fvwm2) w/ netscape &. i did connect, but can't really surf. netscape says: Netscape has detected a /home/lee/.netscape/lock file This may indicate another user is running netscape using your /home/lee/.netscape files.It appears to be running on host 192.168.1.2 under process ID 889. you may continue to use Netscape but you can not diskcatch, not use global history, or personal certificates. the 192.168.1.2 is my ethernet card - which i configured durring install w/a made up domain name (ham-on-rye.local)too. but i have not used the ethernet card so far. my root window manager is kde, but under my normal user (who can su via wheel) i use fvwm2 - which i prefer. can anyone help me out to get netscape running ok? THANKS - newbie btw, my isp uses dhcp,dns the whole caboodle To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message